---
title: "REST API response when the alert condition is set to Average Across Nodes"
slug: "rest-api-response-when-the-alert-condition-is-set-to-average-across-nodes"
updated: 2024-05-17T18:32:49Z
published: 2024-05-17T18:32:49Z
canonical: "docs.catchpoint.com/rest-api-response-when-the-alert-condition-is-set-to-average-across-nodes"
---

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# Understanding API v2 response when the alert condition is set to Average Across Nodes

## Problem Statement

If a test has an alert condition with node threshold set as “Average Across Nodes”, the node details do not appear in the REST API v2 call for **GET /v2/tests/alerts** and when includeNodeDetails is set to **true** we get an error message.
```
Call:
https://io.catchpoint.com/api/v2/tests/alerts?testIds={exampleTestId}&includeNodeDetails=true&pageNumber=1&pageSize=100
```
```json
Response:
 "errors": [
    {
      "message": "The Alert does not exist or does not match the filter criteria, change or relax the filter criteria and try again."
    }
  ],
```

## Example

**1. Alert condition set to Node**

When the alert condition of a test is set to **Node** and **Include Node Details** parameter in the API call is set to **True** the response includes the node details such as node ID and node Name.
![Alert set to node.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/Alert%20set%20to%20node.png)

```json
 "alertType": {
          "id": 15,
          "name": "Availability"
        },
        "criticalTrigger": 10, 
        "node": {
          "id": 3457,
          "name": "New York, US - AT&T"
        }
```
* * *
**2. Alert condition set to Average Across Nodes**

When the alert condition of a test is set to **Average Across Node** and **Include Node Details** parameter in the API call is set to **True** the response includes an error message.
![Alert set to average across node.png](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/Alert%20set%20to%20average%20across%20node.png)

```json
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "The Alert does not exist or does not match the filter criteria, change or relax the filter criteria and try again."
    }
  ]
```

## Conclusion
When the alert condition of a test is set to **Average Across Nodes** the node details are not returned in the API response of **GET /v2/tests/alerts** which is by design and expected as we can't show the node details if the alert is generated for values that are averaged across several nodes.